Giant beavers, dancing Mounties and a pole are to neglects to convey up. "Carnac the magnificent" Johnny Carson said: name three things seen on TV by an unprecedented number of Canadians in 2010.
Vancouver Olympic Winter Games 2010 are the success, particularly the Canadian cliche orgy that was the opening and closing ceremonies, was just one of the headlines in a great year for Canadian television.
Vancouver Olympics Russia's top investigative body opened a criminal examine on Wednesday into alleged mis-spending of millions of dollars on the country's preparations. The Investigative Committee said it is looking into the allegations of pretender. It didn't name any names, but said the probe will look into allegations of abuses by officials of the Sports Ministry. Officials at the Sports Ministry had no instant comment. In Vancouver a traditional sports powerhouse, won their only three gold and 15 total medals.
Auditors of government in July cited dozens of examples of money being wasted. One example of auditors cited in just, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko charged 97 breakfasts to the Russian taxpayer during his 20-day stay in Vancouver. Why he would require five breakfasts per day.
BY the Russian media Mutko rejected the audit's findings in comments carried. He has kept his job despite expectations of his imminent departure. Russia is hosting the next Winter Olympics in 2014 in the Black Sea resort of Sochi.
